
<p>What makes a president "good" or "bad"? Are historians always the best judge of such things? Or should we be getting second opinions? </p><br><p>In this lecture, Larry Reed, president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education, offers his answers to these questions while taking us on a stroll through the triumphs and follies of some of the men who have occupied the White House.</p><br><p>Reed’s presentation was delivered as part of the 2014 Acton Lecture Series.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.lawrencewreed.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">More from Larry Reed</a> </p><br><p><a href="https://fee.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Foundation for Economic Education</a> </p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to </strong><a href="https://www.acton.org/actonvault" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Acton Vault</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://www.acton.org/actonunwind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><stro...